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Video Meet the March man completing dares to raise cash for family who lost their home in large Church Street fire

16:55 Harry Rutter
Dan Martin (pictured), who has lived in March for most of his life, is taking on sponsored dares to raise cash for the owners of the home destroyed in the Church Street fire. Picture: HARRY RUTTER

A Cambridgeshire man is taking on sponsored dares in a bid to raise as much cash as he can for the family who lost their home in the Church Street fire.

Five days lapse between body being found in Wisbech and murder investigation recalls four day gap in launching murder hunt for Una Crown's killer

27 minutes ago John Elworthy
Kestutis Bauzys, 48, who was found sleeping in a tent in the woods outside of Wisbech and arrested. In October 2017 he was found guilty of murder at Cambridge Crown Court and was sentenced to life, to serve a minimum of 17 and a half years.Picture; CHANNEL 4

It took five days before police began a murder inquiry into the death of a woman in Wisbech, a Channel 4 documentary has revealed.

10 years on and Fernando can call The Pod his home after East Cambs Council agrees 'on balance of probability' he's lived there for 10 years

16:30 John Elworthy
The Pod at Little Downham is now legal after a certificate was issued by East Cambs Council. They ruled that on the grounds of probability Fernando Gris has lived there for 10 years and so is excluded from any potential legal threat. Picture; PLANSURV LTD

Council bosses have accepted “on the balance of probability” that a village home has been lived in for longer than 10 years and so planning consent is no longer an issue.

Red Arrows to return to Duxford as part of the Flying Legends air show

14:35 John Elworthy
The Red Arrows – will return to the Flying Legends air show this July, one of the few opportunities for the public to see them display this year before the team heads to the United States on tour. Picture; MoD

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team – the Red Arrows – are to make a spectacular return to this year’s Flying Legends air show.

Churches in Ely diocese - of which 80 per cent of the 324 are listed - to get modest boost from National Lottery for workshops on how to preserve them

12:34 John Elworthy
Ely diocese has numerous historic churches and a National Lottery award will help with workshops to advise on their maintenance. Picture; ARCHIVE

Workshops on how to help to preserve Cambridgeshire’s historic churches are being organised thanks to funding from the National Lottery.

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Whaley: Three big games for March Town

17:00 Dan Mason
March players in a huddle (pic Imogen Goult)

March Town narrowed the gap between themselves and the top four in Thurlow Nunn League Division One North and manager Brett Whaley believes there’s still everything to play for.

Fen business owner David Kerridge all set to run this year's Virgin Money London Marathon in aid of PhabKids charity

Wisbech Rugby Union under 11's praised at first Holt Festival match

Three, two, one and Three Counties Running Club members are GO!

Sporting lunch in Ely will give major funding boost to promising young East Cambridgeshire athlete Maisey Snaith

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Red Arrows to return to Duxford as part of the Flying Legends air show

14:35 John Elworthy
The Red Arrows – will return to the Flying Legends air show this July, one of the few opportunities for the public to see them display this year before the team heads to the United States on tour. Picture; MoD

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team – the Red Arrows – are to make a spectacular return to this year’s Flying Legends air show.

REVIEW: Edmond de Bergerac at the Cambridge Arts - A whirlwind of set changes and brilliantly timed farcical comedy

Johnny Depp and Gene Wilder are just two leading performers for Willy Wonka - now joined by a group of young pupils from Wisbech

Video REVIEW: Wild Rose is a moving and homegrown answer to A Star Is Born

Six week course on the history of the English garden at Ely Library

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Why age is no barrier to property investment

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As Kennett prepares to settle the issue of 500 extra homes, here's how a Cambridgeshire journalist reported on the village in 1962

10:44 Fenland History Group
Hiow the village of Kennett was reported in the Cambridgeshire press back in 1962. Today the village is facing more uincertain times as East Cambridgeshire District Council attempts to persuade the village to accept 500 additional houses. Picture; ARCHIVE

Kennett is in the news with the ‘Community Land Trust and plans for 500 homes

Fenland History on Facebook has gone back to January 1962 when the Cambridge Independent Press started a series of articles about Cambridgeshire villages with an aim to recall some of the history and to indicate modern trends.

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Cathedral thanksgiving service for The King of Carrots

Packed gallery of spectators entertained by the arrival of 98 visiting aeroplanes of all shapes, sizes and age at Fenland display

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Spate of shed burglaries in Chatteris and Doddington brought to an end as police arrest two men

Since two 20-year-old men from Chatteris were handed conditional cautions earlier this week in connection with the recent shed break-in series in the Chatteris and Doddington areas, we've not seen any further offences. Picture: FENLAND POLICE.

'I would like to let you know that I loved you': Family release heartbreaking tribute as three victims named in fatal Fletton Parkway crash

A grieving family have shared a heartbreaking tribute after three people died in a crash in Peterborough.Tomas (left) Jana (middle) and Marko (right). Picture: CAMBS POLICE.

Video Fears that gas cylinders might explode led to residents in part of March being evacuated after blaze breaks out near church

Fears that stored gas cylinders might explode led to neighbours being evacuated from a March road today. Pictures; CAMBS FIRE AND RESCUE

Three killed in early hours collision on Fletton Parkway, Peterborough - one arrest for driving whilst under influence of drugs/drink

THREE people Killed in a head on collision..THREE people have died in a collision on the Fletton Parkway just after midnight today (Sunday, 14 April). Police were called to a collision involving two vehicles at the slip road to Stanground on the westbound carriageway. One vehicle had driven down the slip road the wrong way and collided head-on with another vehicle, killing all three of its occupants. The driver of the offending vehicle has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving while under the influence of drink and/or drugs. He is in a critical condition in hospital. A1139 / Stanground, Peterborough Sunday 14 April 2019. Picture by Terry Harris.

Gallery Devastating March house fire is 'not suspicious', say fire service

March house fire is tackled by more than 40 firefighters on Sunday April 14. Cambs Fire Service say it is not being treated as suspicious. Picture: PETER WEST.

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